[Hiring] Senior Partner Insights Manager @Handshake

Role Description

The Senior Partner Insights Manager - EDU helps EDU Partnerships turn data into better decisions, stronger partner relationships, and improved student outcomes. This role sits at the intersection of analytics, partner strategy, and data product development.

• Independently lead analytics projects from problem definition through delivery.
• Build trusted reporting and insights products.
• Partner with EDU Success, Sales, Product, Data, Engineering, Marketing, Finance, and Support.
• Bring rigor to ambiguous questions and make complex information easy to understand.
• Help partners and internal teams act on what the data is telling us.
• Have meaningful ownership and influence while working closely with leaders and cross-functional partners to shape priorities.

Qualifications

• 5+ years of experience in analytics, business operations, revenue or customer success operations, product operations, data products, or a related field.
• Strong analytical judgment: understand what the data can and cannot tell us, identify quality or methodology risks, and know when to investigate further.
• Experience using AI-assisted analytics or workflow tools while maintaining strong validation and analytical standards.
• Competent SQL skills and experience using BI and analytics tools to build, interpret, troubleshoot, and improve reporting.
• Demonstrated ability to take analytical work from discovery to delivery with limited day-to-day direction.
• Experience building reusable dashboards, reporting frameworks, data products, or other solutions that help people make decisions at scale.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills, including the ability to turn complex analysis into concise, compelling narratives and recommendations.
• Strong cross-functional collaboration and project leadership skills, with the ability to influence without formal authority.
• A customer- and partner-centered mindset, with the ability to connect analysis to meaningful outcomes for institutions, students, and Handshake.
• High attention to detail, balanced with the ability to prioritize and make progress in a fast-moving environment.
• Comfort working in ambiguous problem spaces and creating structure where processes or definitions are still evolving.

Requirements

• Experience with tools such as Looker, Omni, Hex, BigQuery, or Matik is a plus.

Extra Credit

• Experience working in higher education, career education, SaaS, or a related partner-oriented environment.
• Familiarity with Handshake products, EDU Partnerships, career services, student engagement, or higher education workflows.
• Experience with partner-facing analytics, executive reporting, benchmarking, or business reviews.

Benefits

• Equity in a fast-growing company.
• 401(k) match, competitive compensation, financial coaching.
• Paid parental leave, fertility benefits, parental coaching.
• Medical, dental, and vision, mental health support, wellness stipend.
• Learning stipend, ongoing development.
• Internet, commuting, and free lunch/gym in our SF office.
• Flexible PTO, 15 holidays + 2 flex days.
• Team outings & referral bonuses.